Cooking Italian Recipes is a blog style website devoted to preserving the old family recipes of my Sicilian heritage. Cooking authentic Italian food is easy, fun and delicious! Some of these Italian dishes are new takes on old traditional family gourmet recipes. Here, we will also get into home wine making, review products and comment on wine - food pairings. Enjoy.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Grandma Pizza

Variations

I have received a lot of very positive feedback on my Grandma Pizza Recipe post. So, I decided to make another post to further explain some of the endless possibilities with this new york pizza. If you haven’t seen my previous post for Grandma Pizza, please refer to it here, for the basic and classic Grandma Pizza.When I make this authentic Italian pizza recipe, I choose a very large pan. The pan is key, because you need to put some of your finest olive oil under the crust to achieve that frying of the dough that Grandma Pizza is famous for. You can do anything you want with the basic recipe. Make it your own.Let’s say you have some left over Chicken Marsala. (See my recipe for Chicken Marsala for a great dinner!) However, some of the people in your family doesn’t like Chicken Marsala! I know, it is hard to believe. It actually happens… mostly with folks who never tasted it before.

Half Grandma Half Chicken Marsala Pie Before Baking

Half Grandma Half Chicken Marsala Pie After Baking

You can make a pie half traditional Grandma Pizza and half Chicken Marsala. You see, just because it is a Grandma pie, doesn’t mean that you can’t treat it like a regular pie and do half toppings.

Another example is if you have some prosciutto. You can make a pie that is half Grandma Pizza and half white with prosciutto.

Half Grandma Pizza, Half White Pizza with Prosciutto

I am getting hungry writing this post…. Anyway, what I am trying to say is have fun and make it your own special creation… There are no limits with ny pizza. Grandma pizza is new york pizza at its finest!I hope you have enjoyed this post! Check back for more! I have some very exciting posts planned in the near future!

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Hello All,

Welcome to Cooking-Italian-Recipes.com! This blog is dedicated to the Italian cooking that I grew up on, Italian wine making and family traditions.

As a child, growing up a Sicilian, in New York, the aromas of this fine cooking permeating my home were an everyday occurrence. Getting to eat this fine Italian Cooking, from Grandma, I quickly became spoiled.

Here, I will share my modern day experiences, re-creating in the present from the memories of the past.

I think what makes this website different from others like it, is that I am just a regular guy. I am not a chef, nor do I do I cook for a living. You will not find me on Food Network! Not that I think there is anything wrong with Food Network... The point being is I am not some famous chef on TV. Just a regular every day Sicilian guy with no formal chef training.

So, if I can cook these Italian recipes, so can you! No special skills or training is required. All of the Italian recipes I present here are simple.

When I cook, most of the time, I believe less is more. I don't like to over complicate dishes. Flavors, in my opinion, should not compete with one another, but should support and enhance each other. Gourmet doesn't have to be complicated. It should be defined with that it tastes good.

Please feel free to give my Italian Recipes a try... Modify them as you wish.

And, if you enjoy them, please pass them down to your children and grandchildren! Build family traditions and memories around these Italian dishes.

As my grandmother used to say, Italian food is about love. To the memory of my Grandmother, I dedicate this site.